Definition of Hyaena hyaena

1. Noun. Of northern Africa and Arabia and India.

Exact synonyms: Striped Hyena
Generic synonyms: Hyaena, Hyena
Group relationships: Genus Hyaena

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyaena Hyaena

Huygens' principle of superposition
Huyghenian
Hwang Ho
Hx
Hyacinth
Hyacinthaceae
Hyacinthian
Hyacinthoides
Hyacinthoides nonscripta
Hyacinthus
Hyacinthus candicans
Hyacinthus orientalis
Hyacinthus orientalis albulus
Hyades
Hyaena brunnea
Hyaena hyaena
Hyaenidae
Hyalomma
Hyalomma anatolicum
Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum
Hyalomma marginatum
Hyalomma truncatum
Hyalomma variegatum
Hyalophora
Hyalophora cecropia
Hyalospongiae
Hyazyme
Hybanthus
Hyblaean

Literary usage of Hyaena hyaena

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals by Marcus Petersen (1914)
"The Spotted Hyaena (Hyaena-crocuta), has its habitat in South Africa. ... II "*i The Brown Hyaena (Hyaena-brunnea) is also found in the south of Africa, ..."

2. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"STRIPED HYAENA Another predator, occurring in Arabia, that has a liking for carrion is the striped hyaena (hyaena hyaena). As with the wolf, there have been ..."

3. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"... ani the strength of his jaws is such that he can crunch the thigh-bone of an ox (Livingstone's Trt p. 600). The striped hyaena (Hyaena ..."

4. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"There is neither hallux nor pollex. The Hyaenas, stigmatised by Sir Samuel Baker as " low- . FIG. 205.—Striped Hyaena. Hyaena ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The brown hyaena (Hyaena rufa) is also a native of South Africa. Although hyaenas are now confined to the warmer regions of the Old World, their fossil ..."

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